# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rufus-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:53:01.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rufus-jones"
name: "Rufus Jones"
slug: "rufus-jones"
description: "Rufus Matthew Jones was an American religious leader, writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and college professor. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Haverford Emergency Unit. One of the most influential Quakers of the 20th century, he was a Quaker historian and theologian as well as a philosopher. He is the only person to have delivered two Swarthmore Lectures."
tagline: "American writer (1863-1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Rufus_Matthew_Jones_(Date_Unknown).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1863-01-25"
deathDate: "1948-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.223976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rufus_Jones_(writer)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "روفوس جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "روفوس جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Jones_(Mystiker)"
    title: "Rufus Jones (Mystiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Jones_(writer)"
    title: "Rufus Jones (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Jones_(%C3%A9crivain)"
    title: "Rufus Jones (écrivain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%84%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Джонс, Руфус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Jones"
    title: "Rufus Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2713471"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump